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Montana

  • Forest Service decision to delay the oil giants on U.S. 12 (Lochsa, Lolo)?

    Ralph Maughan

    Decision on powerline burial could hold up the movement of the 207 super-sized oil modules- Lolo National Forest rescinds power line burial decision for big rig route. By Kim Briggeman. Missoulian

  • Judge Molloy: FWS plan excluded possible lynx habitat

    Ralph Maughan

    USFWS arbitrarily failed to include vast acreage of lynx habitat as “critical habitat” This is a very important decision for the future of the lynx, which had been added to ESA protection. Molloy rules lynx plan arbitrarily excluded possible ‘critical habitat‘. By Michael Jamison. Missoulian. This is the second go round on the size of…

  • Bear mauling. One said to be dead, 2 injured at Cooke City campground

    Ralph Maughan

    Reports show one dead after bear mauling at Cooke City campground. Reports  are still sketchy of a Update on attack. Bear attack leaves one dead near Yellowstone. By Laura Zuckerman. Reuters Update no 2. (July 29). Male dies in bear attack at campground near Yellowstone. By Brett French. Billings Gazette. It is still not clear…

  • Why have elk declined in the Bitterroot River area?

    Ralph Maughan

    There have been many large scale changes to the land in recent years, including wolf restoration , but not just wolves- Predator puzzle. Study raises questions over what’s killing Bitterroot elk. By Alex Sakariassen. Missoula Independent. People tend to approach these questions with their minds made up.  What I see when I visit compared to…

  • Wildlife officials respond to flurry of calls about problem bears around Missoula

    Ralph Maughan

    Up to 30 calls a day about “bruin problems” Wildlife officials respond to flurry of calls about problem bears around Missoula. By Rob Chaney. Missoulian Abundant spring rains served to keep bears down low where vegetation was thick and nutritious rather than up in the mountains where summer sustenance is.

  • Grizzly bear that ate hens euthanized

    Ralph Maughan

    Grizzly that wandered the Montana plains commits a final unpardonable sin- Yes, and a year ago it ate some sheep. Two chickens this year were two too many. It makes me sad because it reminds me that no matter what we fantasize, the bears and us are stuck in a depressed, overpopulated, bureaucratized world with…

  • Montana FWP more than doubles wolf hunt quota for 2010

    Ken Cole

    186 allowed to be taken in an attempt to reduce MT wolf population to between 411 and 488. This has been in the news for a while but we didn’t report it here because we all have been traveling. Montana wants to reduce the population of wolves to between 411 and 488. They have decided…

  • Gulf oil spill threatens birds migrating south from Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    The effects of the continuing oil gusher have been localized so far. It will not remain that way- This from the Missoulian. Gulf oil spill threatens birds migrating south from Montana. By Rob Chaney It seems like the Texas coast is the most important for migrating birds from Montana. Plans are being made to try…

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